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Cost-Effective Directed Inspection and Maintenance Control Opportunities

The document describes a comprehensive measurement program that was conducted at five natural gas processing plants in the United States to identify cost-effective opportunities for reducing natural gas losses due to fugitive equipment leaks and avoidable process inefficiencies or wastage.

  • Cost-Effective Directed Inspection and Maintenance Control Opportunities at Five Gas Processing Plants and Upstream Gathering Compressor Stations and Well Sites (pdf) (5.02 MB)
  • Cost-Effective Directed Inspection and Maintenance Control Opportunities at Five Gas Processing Plants and Upstream Gathering Compressor Stations and Well Sites - Appendix I (pdf) (8.15 MB)
  • Cost-Effective Directed Inspection and Maintenance Control Opportunities at Five Gas Processing Plants and Upstream Gathering Compressor Stations and Well Sites - Appendix II (pdf) (6.07 MB)
  • Cost-Effective Directed Inspection and Maintenance Control Opportunities at Five Gas Processing Plants and Upstream Gathering Compressor Stations and Well Sites - Appendix III (pdf) (5.27 MB)
  • Cost-Effective Directed Inspection and Maintenance Control Opportunities at Five Gas Processing Plants and Upstream Gathering Compressor Stations and Well Sites - Appendix IV (pdf) (462.29 KB)

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